In this gripping, firsthand account, Daniel Green tells the story of U.
Embassy in Kabul until 2010, Green discovered that although many improvements had been made since he had last served in the country, the problems he had experienced in Uruzgan continued despite the transition from the Bush administration to the Obama administration..
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Upon returning to Afghanistan in 2009 with the U.
He discusses the PRT\'s good-governance efforts, its reconstruction and development projects, the violence of the insurgency, and the PRT\'s attempts to manage its complex relationship with the local warlord cum governor of the province.
Department of State political adviser to a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), reveals how unrealistic expectations, a superficial understanding of the Afghans, and a lack of resources contributed to the Taliban\'s resurgence in the area.
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Green, who served in Uruzgan from 2005 to 2006 as a U. efforts to prevent Afghanistan from falling to the Taliban insurgency and Islamic radicalism.
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Nestled between the Hindu Kush mountains and the sprawling wasteland of the Margow and Khash Deserts, Uruzgan is a microcosm of U. efforts to oust the Taliban insurgency from the desolate southern Afghan province of Uruzgan.
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In this gripping, firsthand account, Daniel Green tells the story of U
